Feminine

clausura

Meaning

  1. (feminine, uncountable, usually) a monastic rule imposing cloistering
  2. (feminine, figuratively, uncountable, usually) a cloistered life

Concepts

Hyphenated as
clau‧sù‧ra
Pronounced as (IPA)
/klawˈzu.ra/
Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin clausūra, from Latin clausus, past participle of claudō (“to close, to shut”). See also the inherited doublet chiusura.

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